As a result of the State Department updating its July 2007 Visa Bulletin on July 2, 2007, declaring all Employment-based preference categories to be unavailable, the USCIS has now announced that it "is rejecting applications to adjust status (Form I-485) filed by aliens whose priority dates are not current under the revised July Visa Bulletin." The USCIS Press Release is as follows:
July 2, 2007
USCIS Update
USCIS Announces Update on Employment-Based Adjustment of Status Processing
WASHINGTON—The Department of State has revised its July Visa Bulletin to reflect that all
available employment-based immigrant visas have been allocated for fiscal year 2007.
As a result, beginning today, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is rejecting
applications to adjust status (Form I-485) filed by aliens whose priority dates are not current
under the revised July Visa Bulletin.
U.S. immigration law limits the number of employment-based immigrant visas that may be
issued each fiscal year.
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